'GMA' Crowns Its Intern Superstar

Aug. 24, 2008 — -- After thousands of viewers cast their votes, it was intern Revital Roza and her funk-influenced band that came out on top in the "Good Morning America Weekend Edition's" battle of its superstar interns.

The 21-year-old flame-haired Roza eagerly took the stage today to belt out her original song that helped her clinch the title of Intern Superstar by only a few hundred votes.

Roza's competitor and fellow intern, 24-year-old ShaLyse Walker, happily congratulated, her and both women said they hope to marry their love for music and broadcast in their future careers.

Learn more about "GMA's" super singing interns by checking out their bios, and see both of their performances below.

Click here to see ShaLyse's performance.

Click here to see Revital's performance.

Age: 21

Hometown: Wyckoff, N.J.

College: Ithaca College

Major: Television-Radio, with a sociology minor

Click here to see Revital's performance.

Describe Your Music: In my music, I like to fuse genres from different stylistic and cultural backgrounds. It's funk, rock, bossa nova, with hints of jazz and an underlying theme of soul.

Your Biggest Musical Influence: My biggest musical influence is the intense, passionate, raw, organic energy of live jazz, funk and rock groups, from John Coltrane to John Lennon, Erykah Badu to the Bad Plus, Afro Cuban All-stars to the P-Funk All-stars to the Greyboy All-stars. Really, any live music that inspires me to push the boundaries and keep playing music.

What Gives You the Edge in This Competition? I not only sing with my own unique style, but I've also been playing rhythm and lead guitar for seven years and feel that my music is refreshing and sophisticated next to a lot of the cliché mainstream music that's being put out there right now. I've been writing songs since I was 15 years old, and music has pretty much been my greatest passion since then. I'm also the leader of a seven-piece funk fusion band. ... How many 21-year-old girls can say that?

Your Least Favorite Part of Interning for "GMA Weekend": Least favorite part? There's no such thing. "GMA Weekend" has given me only the best experiences!

The Silliest Task You Had to Do for a "GMA Weekend" Anchor: For the Miley Cyrus concert, I woke up at 3 a.m., got to Bryant Park around 4:15 a.m. to stand on line with all the crazed moms and fans to make sure important guests had a guaranteed front row spot. It was crazy, but well worth the story.

Which "GMA Weekend" Anchor Would You Want to Be Stranded on a Desert Island With and Why? Whichever anchor is most likely to get us unstranded!

When You Grow Up, Would You Rather Be an Anchor at "Good Morning America" or a Chart-Topping Singer? Well, I already consider myself somewhat grown up, but there's one segment that I've done a lot of logging [transcribing taped interviews and footage and adding time code references] for this summer, which is called "Double-Lives," and it profiles people who do a professional job during the day and have a wild pastime by night. I could see myself doing that -- living the double life. I'm definitely crazy enough to pull it off, and it would certainly get great ratings.

Age: 24

Hometown: Idaho Falls, Idaho

College: Brigham Young University

Major: Broadcast Journalism

Click here to see ShaLyse's performance!

Describe Your Music: It's pop music with a jazz/blues influence.

Your Biggest Musical Influence: I've always been inspired by women with big voices; for example, Mariah, Christina, Whitney, Celine and Amy Winehouse. Love her.

Your Least Favorite Part of Interning for "GMA Weekend": Probably logging tapes.

The Silliest Task You Had to Do for a "GMA Weekend" Anchor: Holding an umbrella over not an anchor, not myself but a CAMERA while it poured rain on a beach in Jersey.

Which "GMA Weekend" Anchor Would You Want to Be Stranded on a Desert Island With and Why? RON! [Ron Claiborne] is a single, silver FOX! Hahaha. ... Does this make it awkward now?

When You Grow Up, Would You Rather Be an Anchor at "Good Morning America" or a Chart-Topping Singer? Both. If Carla Bruni can be the first lady of France and a chart-topping singer, then I can be an anchor and chart-topping singer. The only problem after that is finding time to sleep.